happy new year!
Spent most of last night 'tipsy' (read: quite staggeringly drunk - yay, Malibu), and staggering around the best friend's house with another (even more drunk friend), saying to everyone very loudly: "SSSHHH! They're watching a movie!" - and then giggling frantically. And then a drunken call to the boyfriend (who's in Scotland, for some reason) just after midnight.
Oh dear. *facepalm*
Fun, though. And I snaffled what was left of the Malibu. Not very much, admittedly, but still. :D
Now, a fic-summary meme that I snagged from cordelianne/inell. ♥
This year I wrote and posted 20 completed fics (total word count: 122,926):
Eureka
Linear Temporal Progression (Jack/Nathan, post I Do Over)
Facets of a Many-Sided Whole (Jack/Nathan)
VRU-401 (Jack/Nathan)
In the Corners of My Mind (Jack/Nathan)
wait and watch and don't let go (Jack/Nathan, character death)
All Passive-Aggressive (Jack/Nathan)
Through a Splintered Glass (Zane/Fargo, Jack/Nathan, dark!AU)
Robin Hood
Watch for My Weakness (Kate/Isabella, non-explicit&offscreen rape)
Star Trek XI
sealed by a fragile touch (Kirk/Bones)
Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Kirk/Bones)
Between the Frying Pan and the Fire (Kirk/Bones, missing scene)
fingerprints of forgotten memories (Kirk/Bones, date-rape and violence)
glass right down the middle (Kirk/Bones)
Something Like a Countdown (Kirk/Bones, Spock/Uhura)
mustard in an airy room (Kirk/Bones, mindless fluff)
wanted: one white horse (Kirk/Bones, drabblesque)
visitation rights (slight Kirk/Bones, character death, drabble)
Supernatural
when all that is left is the antithesis of the opposite (Michael!Dean/Lucifer!Sam, implied character death, drabblesque)
Firefly
make do and mend (implied femmeslash intimacies, drabblesque)
Doctor Who
come into my lair, said the spider to the fly (very weird, drabblesque)
Overall Thoughts
I'd forgotten I'd written that much Eureka this year! I think, this year, particularly towards the end of the year, my writing's kinda swung into two general categories: the crackish (Something Like a Countdown, in part VRU-401), and the dark&heartbreaking (the sealed series, Through a Splintered Glass, Watch for My Weakness). Star Trek XI, oddly enough, seems to have brought that out in me the most. ♥
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Well, I definitely didn't realise I'd written as much as I thought I had! To be honest, my interesting in writing fanfic had been kinda waning (mostly through lack of really good canon to write from), but then XI came along, and the rest is history. :D
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Star Trek XI, and Kirk/Bones. To be honest, I walked into that film thinking I'd come out shipping Kirk/Spock (y'know, epic love, father of slash, all that jazz) - but then I come out with some pretty crazy wordcounts for the co-dependant boys.
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Has to be sealed by a fragile touch. It just has to be.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I think the dark subject matter of fingerprints of forgotten memories was something of a risk, because it's rape, and that's a subject that is so difficult to get right in fiction - but I think it maybeperhaps worked. Maybe a little.
From my past year of writing, what was . . .
My best story of this year:
The sealed series, I think. I know that's a series, not one story, but they all tie together, if loosely, and they tell stories in the same people's lives - and they led me much deeper into my... idiosyncratic writing style, which I think is something I'm going to be forever grateful to the XI fandom for.
My most popular story of this year:
sealed by a fragile touch again, I think. It was recced in the very first edition of crackenterprise. :D Also, just going on review count, the two parts together have 332 comments, which isn't bad. ♥
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Watch for My Weakness, definitely. To be honest, I think that's because it's an unusual pairing (Kate/Isabella), written during the demise of the Robin Hood fandom, and because everybody hates Kate. But I love it.
Most fun story to write:
Probably a tie between VRU-401 and Something Like a Countdown. Because they were just fun. :D And Emperor!Nathan should totally be canon.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Ick, I don't write sex. But I quite like the kiss in mustard in an airy room, because dripping wet boys Frenching in a pond is a good way to end the day. :D
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Oh, dark!Eureka in Through a Splintered Glass. As the title might suggest, it's dark!AU of Eureka, where everything is so very messed up, and there is non-con and violence and arbitrary murder, and Henry without anything even related to an emotion. Also, the abusiveness of the Jack/Nathan relationship in that (particularly so in my headcanon for it, and the prequel I never wrote) is just so messed up.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
Watch for My Weakness, I think - because Kate was never really very well developed as a character on the show, even though she definitely had such potential. So then, when I wrote her and explored her and traumatised her, and I seem to be wont to do I couldn't quite understand the 2D version of her that I saw on the show anymore. I think that's probably a bit conceited.
Hardest story to write:
glass right down the middle, I think. That was possibly more of a psychological thing, though - as a reader following fic series, after a while I often feel that the fics are getting more self-indulgent than anything else, and that they're not actually furthering any understanding or empathising with the characters, and I found it really tricky to get over the feeling that that was what glass was becoming. And I still don't know if it was or not! :D
Biggest Disappointment:
Probably come into my lair, said the spider to the fly. It really didn't come out the way I wanted it too, which is a bit of a bummer.
Biggest Surprise:
How well received the sealed series was, to be honest. I mean, sealed by a fragile touch was my first foray into a new shiny fandom, and while I knew as I was writing it that I was pouring my heart and soul into writing that (that, and all the itty-bitty mathsy bits to figure out days versus months *facepalm*), I never figured that it would be something that would chime such a note in so many people - and it's probably through that fic that I've made some of my very awesome friends. So I love it for that.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
That would be "stories", and it would be these: All Passive-Aggressive, Through a Splintered Glass, Watch for My Weakness, sealed by a fragile touch, fingerprints of forgotten memories, glass right down the middle, Between the Frying Pan and the Fire, Something Like a Countdown, visitation rights, wanted: one white horse, when all that is left is the antithesis of the opposite, make do and mend, and come into my lair, said the spider to the fly. The conclusion? I write really well (and possibly the best) when I'm writing from a prompt (from things like smallfandomfest, st_xi_kink, and trek_exchange). :D
I don't know. This summer was just fantastic for writing. It really was.
♥
Oh dear. *facepalm*
Fun, though. And I snaffled what was left of the Malibu. Not very much, admittedly, but still. :D
Now, a fic-summary meme that I snagged from cordelianne/inell. ♥
This year I wrote and posted 20 completed fics (total word count: 122,926):
Eureka
Linear Temporal Progression (Jack/Nathan, post I Do Over)
Facets of a Many-Sided Whole (Jack/Nathan)
VRU-401 (Jack/Nathan)
In the Corners of My Mind (Jack/Nathan)
wait and watch and don't let go (Jack/Nathan, character death)
All Passive-Aggressive (Jack/Nathan)
Through a Splintered Glass (Zane/Fargo, Jack/Nathan, dark!AU)
Robin Hood
Watch for My Weakness (Kate/Isabella, non-explicit&offscreen rape)
Star Trek XI
sealed by a fragile touch (Kirk/Bones)
Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Kirk/Bones)
Between the Frying Pan and the Fire (Kirk/Bones, missing scene)
fingerprints of forgotten memories (Kirk/Bones, date-rape and violence)
glass right down the middle (Kirk/Bones)
Something Like a Countdown (Kirk/Bones, Spock/Uhura)
mustard in an airy room (Kirk/Bones, mindless fluff)
wanted: one white horse (Kirk/Bones, drabblesque)
visitation rights (slight Kirk/Bones, character death, drabble)
Supernatural
when all that is left is the antithesis of the opposite (Michael!Dean/Lucifer!Sam, implied character death, drabblesque)
Firefly
make do and mend (implied femmeslash intimacies, drabblesque)
Doctor Who
come into my lair, said the spider to the fly (very weird, drabblesque)
Overall Thoughts
I'd forgotten I'd written that much Eureka this year! I think, this year, particularly towards the end of the year, my writing's kinda swung into two general categories: the crackish (Something Like a Countdown, in part VRU-401), and the dark&heartbreaking (the sealed series, Through a Splintered Glass, Watch for My Weakness). Star Trek XI, oddly enough, seems to have brought that out in me the most. ♥
Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you'd predicted?
Well, I definitely didn't realise I'd written as much as I thought I had! To be honest, my interesting in writing fanfic had been kinda waning (mostly through lack of really good canon to write from), but then XI came along, and the rest is history. :D
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted in January?
Star Trek XI, and Kirk/Bones. To be honest, I walked into that film thinking I'd come out shipping Kirk/Spock (y'know, epic love, father of slash, all that jazz) - but then I come out with some pretty crazy wordcounts for the co-dependant boys.
What's your own favorite story of the year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you happiest?
Has to be sealed by a fragile touch. It just has to be.
Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?
I think the dark subject matter of fingerprints of forgotten memories was something of a risk, because it's rape, and that's a subject that is so difficult to get right in fiction - but I think it maybeperhaps worked. Maybe a little.
From my past year of writing, what was . . .
My best story of this year:
The sealed series, I think. I know that's a series, not one story, but they all tie together, if loosely, and they tell stories in the same people's lives - and they led me much deeper into my... idiosyncratic writing style, which I think is something I'm going to be forever grateful to the XI fandom for.
My most popular story of this year:
sealed by a fragile touch again, I think. It was recced in the very first edition of crackenterprise. :D Also, just going on review count, the two parts together have 332 comments, which isn't bad. ♥
Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:
Watch for My Weakness, definitely. To be honest, I think that's because it's an unusual pairing (Kate/Isabella), written during the demise of the Robin Hood fandom, and because everybody hates Kate. But I love it.
Most fun story to write:
Probably a tie between VRU-401 and Something Like a Countdown. Because they were just fun. :D And Emperor!Nathan should totally be canon.
Story with the single sexiest moment:
Ick, I don't write sex. But I quite like the kiss in mustard in an airy room, because dripping wet boys Frenching in a pond is a good way to end the day. :D
Most "Holy crap, that's wrong, even for you" story:
Oh, dark!Eureka in Through a Splintered Glass. As the title might suggest, it's dark!AU of Eureka, where everything is so very messed up, and there is non-con and violence and arbitrary murder, and Henry without anything even related to an emotion. Also, the abusiveness of the Jack/Nathan relationship in that (particularly so in my headcanon for it, and the prequel I never wrote) is just so messed up.
Story that shifted my own perceptions of the characters:
Watch for My Weakness, I think - because Kate was never really very well developed as a character on the show, even though she definitely had such potential. So then, when I wrote her and explored her and traumatised her, and I seem to be wont to do I couldn't quite understand the 2D version of her that I saw on the show anymore. I think that's probably a bit conceited.
Hardest story to write:
glass right down the middle, I think. That was possibly more of a psychological thing, though - as a reader following fic series, after a while I often feel that the fics are getting more self-indulgent than anything else, and that they're not actually furthering any understanding or empathising with the characters, and I found it really tricky to get over the feeling that that was what glass was becoming. And I still don't know if it was or not! :D
Biggest Disappointment:
Probably come into my lair, said the spider to the fly. It really didn't come out the way I wanted it too, which is a bit of a bummer.
Biggest Surprise:
How well received the sealed series was, to be honest. I mean, sealed by a fragile touch was my first foray into a new shiny fandom, and while I knew as I was writing it that I was pouring my heart and soul into writing that (that, and all the itty-bitty mathsy bits to figure out days versus months *facepalm*), I never figured that it would be something that would chime such a note in so many people - and it's probably through that fic that I've made some of my very awesome friends. So I love it for that.
Most Unintentionally Telling Story:
That would be "stories", and it would be these: All Passive-Aggressive, Through a Splintered Glass, Watch for My Weakness, sealed by a fragile touch, fingerprints of forgotten memories, glass right down the middle, Between the Frying Pan and the Fire, Something Like a Countdown, visitation rights, wanted: one white horse, when all that is left is the antithesis of the opposite, make do and mend, and come into my lair, said the spider to the fly. The conclusion? I write really well (and possibly the best) when I'm writing from a prompt (from things like smallfandomfest, st_xi_kink, and trek_exchange). :D
I don't know. This summer was just fantastic for writing. It really was.
♥